The writer is an urban development researcher. She can be reached at raezdi@gmail.com.
What are the challenges and trends of urban Lahore today? The answer to this again lies in a question of paradigm: what issues do we see as vital,...
Stressing tree plantation alone is not enough. Policy and law must regulate the kind of trees planted, ensuring that these are native to soil types,...
Where there are no legitimate models of affordable housing, katchi abadi becomes the only workable dwelling for low-income groups
Interview of film maker Iara Lee who celebrates the porters
Is urban development merely about procuring a certain ‘look’ for the city at the cost of human dignity?
The ‘state’, by its very definition, is the servant of the people. By paying our taxes, we employ the state. By instilling faith in the...
